Blade Runner: The Peter Griffin Cut

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Blade Runner is one of the most popular and influential science-fiction films of all time, and it has become an enduring cult classic favorite. It was directed by Ridley Scott and stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?[DADoES] by Philip K. Dick.

This 1982 film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in the year 2019–-a dark, polluted and overcrowded city dominated by cloud-piercing buildings, looming neon billboards, and air dense with acid rain and flying traffic. And the city has another problem; rogue Replicants.

Replicants are human androids that are created to perform hazardous or menial tasks on the Off-world Colonies. Their use is prohibited here on Earth. If anyone is suspected of being a Replicant, a special police force, known as the Blade Runner Unit, are notified. The blade runners have orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant.

The plot focuses on the trials and tribulations of retired Rep-detect, Rick Deckard. He is forced back into active duty to help L.A.P.D.’s Blade Runner Unit out of a jam. He has to track down four rogue Replicants and retire them–a euphemism for destroying them.

Blade Runner debuted on June 25, 1982, in over 1200 theatres, throughout the United States. However, it had not lived up to box office expectations. It could be said that Blade Runner was the most influential box-office-flop-turned-cult-classic film of all time.

Blade Runner is more than a movie. Not only does Blade Runner overwhelm the senses, but it also preys on our morals. It reveals fundamental truths and insight into human nature.

Blade Runner opens up a multiverse of perspectives for those who seek them. The further we journey through its sectors, the more there is to marvel at and amaze us. From the book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick; the various screenplays; the different versions of the movie Blade Runner; to the many offspring this work has spawned, we continue to keep alive this story. It has been analyzed, replicated, expanded upon, and been paid tribute to by all means known to humankind.

We can see its influence in other books and movies. It has been rendered in the visual arts; in painting, sculpting, computer animation, architectural designs and even in fashion design. We can experience Blade Runner virtually with video games. We can listen to Blade Runner inspired music. This paradigm has been presented in live theatre productions, in dance recitals, and on home video productions. Writers across the web have kept the story of Rick Deckard and company alive in fan-fiction. In a sense, Blade Runner has been mythologicalized. This website is for the Blade Runner enthusiast, the writer, the artist, the dreamer, and the mythmaker.

Here you will find poems, scripts, stories, and art related to and inspired by Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

Kipple:Tidbits and kipple to do with Blade Runner or DADoES, including Penfield, (a Penfield mood organ parody), Blade Runner sequels, games, and music. Features exclusive articles, including Douglas Trumbull: In Retrospect, CITYSPEAK Revisited, and A Blimp Is Born: From Concept to Screen to Fandom--The Blade Runner Blimp.

KippleZone's YouTube and Vimeo channels: Blade Runner fandom and Dickheads (Philip K. Dick fans) take to the camera! Here are fan-films shared on the YouTube and Vimeo websites. A new breed of Blade Runner and Dickian fandom has been unleashed!

The release of "Blade Runner: The Final Cut". Formats available: five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD, four-disc Collector's Edition DVD, two-disc Special Edition DVD, five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray, five-disc Complete Collector's Edition Blu-ray, five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition HD DVD, five-disc Complete Collector's Edition HD DVD. The Ultimate Collector's Edition unique 5-disc digi-package with a handle which is a stylish version of Rick Deckard's own briefcase. In addition, each briefcase will be individually numbered and in limited supply. Included is a lenticular motion film clip from the original feature, miniature origami unicorn figurine, miniature replica spinner car, and collector's photographs, as well as a signed personal letter from Sir Ridley Scott.

"Blade Runner: The Final Cut" opens in select theatres throughout the world.

Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary - Vangelis soundtrack. It's a 3-CD set which - for the first time - puts all the pieces together, providing the complete music from the film and a lot more besides. CD 1 features the original and remastered soundtrack as it first appeared in 1994, twelve years after the film was released. The second CD contains all the remaining music from the film that did not appear on the original 1994 soundtrack, plus two bonus tracks ('One Alone' and 'Desolation Path'). None of this material has been released before. The third and final disc will be of real interest to Vangelis fans, as it contains an entire album of newly written material composed by Vangelis to mark the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner. The music is strong and flowing, and retains the dark, atmospheric sense of the original score. There are some intriguing spoken word contributions too, from Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, Oliver Stone and a host of distinguished actors, personalities, and world dignitaries.

The release of Official Blade Runner movie tie-in novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick. Contains an article at the end of the book by Paul M.Sammon, titled "Of Blade Runners, PKD, and Electric Sheep."

NOTE: There have been numerous re-releases of the film Blade Runner over the years in different formats. Not all have been listed in the timeline above. (For example, the Embassy laser disc first released in 1983 was re-pressed in 1987.)